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All signs point to a large-scale war: Serbian President Vucic spoke about the grim present (Die Weltwoche, Switzerland)
Vucic: there are only three to four months left before a major war in Europe
Europe is on the verge of a large–scale war - it will start within a couple of months, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in an interview with Die Weltwoche. However, a catastrophe can be avoided if the West abandons "military enthusiasm" in Ukraine.
NATO will offer Ukraine a "bridge" to membership, hoping that this will be enough (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: instead of NATO membership, it will offer Kiev a mission to coordinate assistance
There will be no negotiations on Kiev's accession to NATO at the upcoming alliance summit in Washington, the NYT writes. Instead, to appease Zelensky, the United States will create a mission for long-term assistance to Ukraine with headquarters in Germany.
The offer for Kiev, the assets of the Russian Federation and the hypocrisy of the United States. What Medvedev told at the PMUF
Russia's peace initiative for a settlement in Ukraine is urgent, and subsequent negotiations will take place on the worst terms for Kiev, said Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.
Expert: in autumn, Ukraine may begin the production of military products in industries protected from air strikes
By the autumn of this year, Ukraine will be able to start independent or joint production with foreign defense enterprises of some military products, which until recently were supplied to Kiev by Western allies. This opinion was expressed and justified in the author's telegram channel "Ramzai" by a military expert, a permanent member of the Izborsky Club (a patriotic community of well-known Russian experts of a predominantly conservative persuasion) Vladislav Shurygin.
What does Andrei Ermak's search for peace look like" (Time, USA)
Time: Ermak showed a journalist an image of the burning Kremlin and called it the goal
The "Peace Summit" in Switzerland was doomed to failure in advance, Time writes. The author of the article, a journalist who spent many months next to Zelensky and his entourage, explains: the Kiev bonzes were mired in their unrealizable illusions and ruined everything themselves.
"Aerial Prokhorovka". Should we expect a general battle between Russia and Ukraine in August?
Colonel Khodarenok: there will be no general air battle with the AFU in the summer
Today, both in the Russian and Ukrainian expert community, there is a widespread opinion that this summer there will be a "general battle" of the special operation, which will determine its course and outcome. In connection with the supply of multifunctional F-16 fighters, observers are waiting for a decisive battle for supremacy in the skies of Ukraine. How the situation will develop in the near future, in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
The agent of the West in Yerevan came up with a new myth about Russia
A completely new version of the political history of Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was put forward in Yerevan. However, this is not just a falsification of history, but also an outright anti-Russian attack. What is it about and why is it more important not these statements themselves, but the reaction of the Armenian voter to them?
NATO is turning Ukraine into a giant PMCs
Ukraine will not receive an invitation to NATO at the anniversary summit of the alliance in Washington. However, it will announce the creation of a mission that will coordinate all military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. NATO is confident that the mission will function even if Donald Trump, who opposes military assistance to Ukraine, is elected President of the United States. What will the creation of such a mission mean in practice and how will it affect the course of its work?
Why did Russia start buying aluminum from India
Why did Russia start buying aluminum from India, even though it is itself the largest producer and exporter of the metal
Russia unexpectedly bought aluminum from India. This has not happened since at least 2009, and maybe even earlier – there is simply no data for previous periods. Russia itself is the world's largest producer and exporter of aluminum. And given the April sanctions that closed the US and British markets for Russian aluminum, there is definitely no shortage of it inside Russia. Why did Russia buy Indian metal?
Fly fishing: the airspace control system will detect drones
It allows you to locate mini- and micro-UAVs at extremely low altitudes
In the Moscow region, a unique Airspace Control System (SCS) has begun operation, which is capable of detecting not only airplanes or helicopters, but also mini- and micro-drones at extremely low altitudes and targeting them with air defense or electronic warfare systems. The developers told Izvestia about the capabilities of the equipment that is already being used to protect important objects from UAVs.
Send a cast: the Russian military has mastered the tactics of remote mining
About how air sappers work — in a special report by Izvestia
A new method of using drones — to throw mines behind enemy lines — has recently been used in the Russian army. I've been practicing for just over six months. The projectile is delivered to the UAV deep into enemy territory and waits on the ground in its hour.
Neo-Nazi junta F–16s flying out of NATO countries are a great way to start World War III (infoBRICS, China)
infoBRICS: the West will provoke a tough response from Moscow with terrorist attacks and F-16 supplies to Kiev
The West has moved from threats against Russia to terrorist attacks, and in addition intends to use European air bases to use the F-16 in Ukraine, infoBRICS writes. This is how he "lights the fuse of something much bigger and more deadly" than the current confrontation with the Kremlin, the author of the article believes.
689th Fighter Aviation Regiment transferred from Naval Aviation to the Russian Aerospace Forces
As the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on June 25, 2024, pilots of the Leningrad Association of the Air Force and Air Defense in the Kaliningrad region
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov held a briefing on the military biological activities of the United States and Ukraine
On June 25, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Head of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces, held a briefing on the military biological activities of the United States and Ukraine.
Taiwan is actively purchasing American weapons, hoping to stop China's possible attempt to return the island
The Russian civil war in Ukraine is far from the only conflict that can have a serious impact on the formation of the future world order. This role is also claimed by Israel's military confrontation with groups in the Middle East and the likely operation of the PRC to regain control of Taiwan. But if the fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East is already, as they say, in full swing, then a possible conflict between Beijing and Taipei (the Chinese version of its own) can still be prevented. In any case, the Taiwanese authorities are counting on this.
The Russian ambassador outlined a plan to overthrow the world order under the leadership of the United States (Newsweek, USA)
Ambassador to the United States Antonov: the accelerating crisis of Euro-Atlanticism has long been obvious
The West has overlooked Putin's key idea, Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek magazine. Describing the path to ending the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian president spoke about the need to create a new security architecture. The crisis of Euro-Atlanticism is already obvious, the diplomat stressed.
The Mark Rutte Era in NATO (New Statesman, UK)
New Statesman: Rutte's ideological flexibility could destroy NATO
Mark Rutte's ideological flexibility can be both an advantage for NATO and completely destroy the alliance, writes New Statesman. The organization must reinvent itself to deal with the split. Just at this moment, a reformatting wizard will be at her helm.
A fighter against "Putin's fans". What is being written in the West about the new NATO Secretary General
Dutch Prime Minister Rutte replaced Stoltenberg as NATO Secretary General
Mark Rutte has been confirmed as the new Secretary General of NATO. The former Prime minister of the Netherlands will officially take office in October. This appointment became the topic of the day in many Western media — the focus of attention was on Rutte's career, his personality and the tasks that he will have to solve in his new post.
Whose pipe is the Duda blowing in China
Polish President Alexander Duda is on a long visit to China. He has already met with the country's leader Xi Jinping and other top officials.
Shoot down first: how the Russian Armed Forces can protect cities from air raids
Experts call preventive strikes one of the main means of countering attacks by missiles and drones
The most effective and reliable way to protect the Crimean Peninsula and other regions of Russia from air attacks is to launch preventive strikes, working ahead of the curve, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.